Hello everybody! *dodges flying refuse* Hey! I know it's been awhile, but

*anonymous reader: You suck!!* *sweatdrops* Uh...well like I was saying

*anonymous reader: Do us all a favor and go !@#$%&)(&$^!!! yourself with

a @#!%$(&%&!#%!!! * 0.0;; Hey now, we gotta watch our rating here......

*anonymous reader: YOU gotta watch your rating you @#$(%)^%&$#^%#(&!! *

_ WHO keeps DOING that?!! *black and white kitty slinks out torward the

door* *blinks* Chibi Neko-san? *Kiry appears out of nowhere and sits on the

Authors head* Huh? Kiry? *Kiry: silleh fuzzball...(shakes head affectionatly)*

_ Whatever, this is too much to deal with! Let's just go to the story...

A chance meeting...

"Come to the Hikawa shrine in about an hour okay? And bring Ami with you."

~click~ Minako giggled as she hung up the phone. Rei looked over at her dissaprovingly,

"Was that really necessary, Mina?"

"Not really, but is fun to get under his skin! Lighten up Rei!" Rei gave her a mocking

smirk. "Seems to me it was Zoicite getting under YOUR skin, Minako." Minako rolled her eyes and

sat up on her pillow. She reached over and grabbed a Sailor V manga, "I really don't see what

the big deal is."

Rei looked at her with disdain, "Makoto's insecure enough as it is, Mina, she doesn't need

you screwing with her mind like that."

"You are so boring Rei. Where is Mako anyway?"

"She's back in the kitchen, cooking....something," Rei shrugged as she tilted her head back

torwards the kitchen, "She's been trying out foreign dishes, I really have no clue what that stuff

she's fixing is." Rei leaned back and yawned. She looked at the clock on the wall, it said 8:30. She

inwardly scolded herself for being sleepy at a time when she was usually half way finished with her

morning chores. It wasn't all her fault however, Yuuichiro was a flopper. She ended up pushing him

out of bed and onto the floor at about 4:00 a.m. He just went right on sleeping. He was still sleeping

actually. Rei rolled her eyes and decided she may as well catch up on some sleep while she was waiting

for the cradle robber to show up.

Minako eyed Rei lying down and said, "Yuuichiro keep you up, Rei?", expecting a nasty retort in

return, instead all she got was some light snoring. Mina sweatdropped and leaned over to poke Rei awake,

but as she reached out, Rei's foot kicked up and collided with her chin, leaving the blonde in a dizzy-

eyed heap on the floor. After a few seconds, she got up, still dizzy, and staggered off to the kitchen

for a glass of water. Upon stumbling through the kitchen door, she tripped and reached out instinctively.

Instead of falling on her face like she expected, her hands grabbed onto something and she managed to

steady herself. She looked up slowly and noticed she had grabbed two handfulls of something round and

soft. Her gaze went a little higher and she was looking into the face of a profusely blushing Makoto.

Mina felt her own face start to redden as she fumbled for excuses, "Uhh....hi...Mako..ummm...this isn't

what it looks like..." She laughed nervously and quickly removed her hands. "Sooo...um....what are you

cooking? Eh-heh-heh..." Makoto squinted her eyes a bit, and looked up torward the ceiling, as if she were

contemplating something. Then, with a quick nod, she grabbed Minako by the shoulders and kissed her. Minako

froze in place and stiffened up like a corpse. When Mako released her she fell over like a wooden board.

Makoto sweatdropped and prodded Minako with her foot a bit. Mina steadfastly remained in her comatose state

however, so Mako stepped over her and went back to her cooking.

As soon as she was sure Makoto's attentions were else where, Minako slinked out of the the kitchen

and into the livingroom. There was some tea on the table, so she poured herself a cup and sighed heavily.

'Where did THAT come from?' she thought, 'maybe Rei was right, maybe I HAVE been playing with her too much.

I'm gonna go back in there and straighten things out....right after I finish this tea... yes....tea is

definitely good. I think I'll have another cup....good old tea....'

..........

Zoicite and Ami sat outside in the small cafe near Zoicite's apartment. He was drinking coffee and

while she had opted for tea. Zoicite looked up at her and smiled gently. "What do you think they've called

this little 'meeting' for, Ami?" Ami looked up at him and sighed, "I can't be totally sure, but I think it

has something to do with the whole revealing of powers thing we did."

"Oh yes, THAT...I actually thought they would call us in sooner on that." Zoicite visibly tensed for

a second. "Do you think...they know about...him?"

"Kunzite? I don't think so...how could they?"

"Well, Kunzite may have told them himself...or maybe he's just set this whole thing up...I wouldn't put

it above him."

"How could you be sure though?"

"When you've shared your life with someone for over a thousand years, you get to know their ways..."

At this, Ami stiffened a bit and gave her tea cup a bit of a melancholy look. "Hmmm? Ami? Something wrong?"

"It's just that...I'll never be able to have the same kind of relationship with you, that Kunzite did...

you guys...managed to love eachother for over a thousand years...We won't even have the chance...what with you

being all...immortal-y and stuff....and I'll grow old and shriveled..." Zoicite looked at her strangely for a

moment, and then started laughing. Ami was genuinely puzzled. Zoicite got up and pulled her up with him. "I'm not

immortal, I only lived for as long as I have because you don't age in the Dark Kingdom, due to Queen Metallia's

influence there. Sort of like Never Neverland....a dark twisted and demented Never Neverland without any pirates.

Anyway, because of the magical augmentation done to my body, I AM going to live a lot longer than normal humans,

but so will you. Your body had been altered as well, you were born with it actually. Because you are a Sailor

Senshi, you have increased immunity to disease, and after physical maturity, your aging will dramatically slow

down. We can live for hundreds of years Ami, and we'll grow old together. I can't believe those cats haven't told

you this already."

Ami looked at Zoicite, and tears welled up in her eyes, she didn't try to hold them back as she buried her

head in his shoulder. "Oh Zoicite...I'm so happy!" Zoicite pushed her back a bit and leaned in for a kiss. After a

few moments they seperated and noticed everyone in the cafe staring at them. Ami blushed and hid behind Zoicite, who

was sweatdropping.

"Ummm....please don't be alarmed folks! We're just rehearsing for an upcoming play! Eh-heheh...let's go Ami..."

Zoicite slapped some Yen down on the table and hurried down the street, Ami in tow. "Well that was close....from now

on let's save those 'tender moments' for when we're alone, alright?" Ami giggled a bit and latched onto his arm.

"Zoicite, there's the bus stop, it'll drop us off right in front of the shrine. We'll be about fifteen minutes early

but," she shrugged and led him torward the waiting bus.

The ride was fairly short and uneventful, one man however kept oggling them. Zoicite glared at him and said,

"You got a problem pal?" The man looked unfazed "Who? Me? Nooo. I was just thinking about how brave you two are being

so affectionate in public." Zoicite frowned, not getting his point. The man continued, "I admire you, I have a sister

who's a lsbian, so I can totally identify you guys, people are always giving her a hard time too. Zoicite sweatdropped

and Ami blushed. "Youuuu...think that we're lesbians?"

"Well...aren't you?"

"Uhhh...yes. That's exactly right. Thank you for your words of encouragement."

"Oh, it's no problem. Well! Looks like this is my stop! Good luck you two!" Zoicite rolled his eyes as the man

exited the bus, and made sure to give his briefcase a little magical tug so his papers went flying everywhere. Ami spoke

up first, "Zoicite, why didn't you just tell him the truth?"

"Please, Ami, that guy wouldn't have believed me unless I pulled my pants down and showed him. And maybe not even

then." Zoicite sighed and continued, "I suppose sometimes I'm just too pretty for my own good." Ami couldn't help but roll

her eyes and giggle. "Too pretty Zoicite? I thought you didn't believe such a thing existed." Zoicite smiled and kissed her

gently. "Perhaps....but it looks like we're here." The bus stopped in front of the shrine's main stairway and opened it's

doors. Ami and Zoicite exited and strolled quickly upwards, expecting to be greeted, but oddly enough the shrine seemed

totally empty. They knocked on the door of the small house there and when nobody answered, just went in. The first thing

they came across was an unconscious Rei snoring lightly, then they noticed Minako sitting at the table drinking tea. Ami

called out, "Mina! We're here!" Minako looked up at them and smiled a bit. "Yes you are. Don't you think tea is wonderful??

............

Okay! FINALLY I got this thing up! I actually started working on this 2 monthes ago, but I had to abandon it because of

graduation, and my insane family, and Final Exams. But now that's over! I'm done with Highschool forever! YEY!! After that

fiasco, I decided my brain needed a well earned vacation. SO! Even MORE delay! HOORAY! Now that I have all summer, I'm hoping

to update MUCH more frequently. Until my first semester of college starts...GAH! Don't even wanna THINK about it... soooo

I thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for being sooo patient! It will pay off in the end, don't worry!